Mhairi co-runs the Ventnor Exchange; an art hub on the Isle of Wight in the UK. She also helped start the Ventnor Fringe Festival when she was 17! We talk about her passion for creating spaces for experiences, the frustrations that come with being a womxn in business, the complications that come with trying to figure out what's going on with her body. The Exchange was the first place I ever distributed the Grow n' Pains zine, read my children's book, ran a workshop, saw live comedy performances, found good records and even met with some of my now good friends. I am so thankful spaces like this exist and human beans like Mhairi exist, getting louder, taking up space and becoming more "bossy" every day!
Original intro music by the brilliant Jason Stam jasonstam.com
The books we discuss are Florence Given's Women Don't Owe You Pretty and Maisie Hill's Period Power.